Carriage



I G. I MULLEN.

- CARRIAGE.

Pat enteld July 18, 1893.

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ATENT OFFICE.

CURTIS MULLEN, OF HARRISVILLE, INDIANA.

CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 501,687, dated July 18,1893.

Application filed March 24:, 1893. Serial No. 467,495. (No model.)

.T or whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CURTIS MULLEN, a citizen of the United States,residing'at Harrisville, in the county of Randolph and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriages andWagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to carriages and wagons, and has particularreference to a body or wagon-bed carrier.

The object of the invention is to start the running gear before the loadstarts, and to afiord a relief from jars when running over rough roads,stones, &c.

A further object is to provide a carrier which can support either acarriage body or wagon bed.

My invention consists of certain features of construction andcombinations of parts to be hereinafter described and then specified inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is a perspective view showing acarriage body supported by the carrier, the body being in dotted lines.Fig. 2 is a rear view without the body. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsection, showing a wagon bed supported by the carrier. Fig. at shows oneof the boxes for connecting the carriage springs to the swinging rods,and Fig. 5 shows one of the boxes for connecting the wagon bed to thesaid rods.

The carrier frame is constructed so as to accommodate itself to bodiesor beds of different sizes, that is to say its parts are adjustable.

a, a, indicate opposite side bars I provided at each end with a seriesof holes b.

c, is the front cross-bar and d, the rear cross-bar, providedrespectively with upturned ends 0', d, which extend outside theside-bars. The bases 6, of the upturned ends 0', d, are bent so as toprovide pockets f, between them and the angle-irons g, which latter aresecured to the cross bars. bolts it, pass through some of the holes I),and the angle-irons g, and removable bolts '5, pass Removable throughother of said holes b and through the inner end of the diagonal braces jwhich latter are rigidly secured to the upturned ends 0, d. By means ofthese removable bolts and said series of holes, the cross-bars c, d, areadjusted back and forth on the side bars a, a, so as to accommodatedifferent sized riage in dotted lines, and in said figure and Fig. 2, 0,indicates a pair of elliptic carriage springs, connected by straps p. Atthe ends of the springs o, are formed semicircular or half-boxes q, seeFig. 4, which fit over the rods n, while secured to them are removablesemicircular half-boxes 4", which fit under the rods 11. Thesehalf-boxes loosely surround the rods n, and provide bearings therefor.

In Fig.3, 3, isa wagon-bed, having at each end box sections or pieces25, (Fig. 5,) which straddle the rods a, while semicircular or halfboxes at, are removably secured to the pieces 15, and fit under the saidrods. These complete boxes provide bearings for the rods 12.

The cross bars 0, and d, are secured in any suitable manner to thebolsters, not shown.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A body or bed carrierfor carriages and wagons, consisting of side-bars, cross-bars,adjustable thereon, and means for supporting the carriage body or wagonbed,substantially asset forth.

2. A body or bed carrier for carriages and wagons, consisting of side.bars, cross-bars provided with upturned ends, angle irons se-' cured tothe cross-bars, and to the side-bars, braces secured to the saidupturned ends and to the side bars, and swinging cross rods journaled inthe upturned ends, said rods being adapted to support a carriage body orwagon bed, substantially as set forth.

3. A body or bed carrier for carriages and Wagons, consisting ofside-bars, adjustable cross-bars having upturned ends and bearings,means for securing the cross-bars adjustably to the side-bars,transverse rods for 5 supporting a body or bed, and crank arms on saidrods provided with journals received by said bearings, substantiallyasset forth.

4:. The combination with a body or bed carrier for carriages and Wagons,the same beto ing provided with swinging rods, of carriagesprings or awagon bed provided with seetional boxes secured to said rods whereby thesprings or bed are removably secured to said rods, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in 15 presence of twowitnesses.

CURTIS MULLEN. Witnesses: v

G. W. HAMILTON, MILES SooTT.

